The flu has claimed 92 lives over the winter so far. Most of those who died were aged 65 and over.

The flu death toll so far this winter is 24, according to latest figures from the HSE.

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There was a surge of 22% in the number of clinically confirmed cases of syphilis last year, new figures show.

Flu can be a very dangerous disease, a HSE medical official warned after it emerged that a child died from flu last week.

New HIV cases have reached their highest point in five years — with a record number of infections among gay men and a major increase among injecting drug users.

A measles alert was issued yesterday after two Galway students were found to have the highly contagious disease. Measles can cause serious complications, especially in children.

Health Minister James Reilly has warned that Ireland is at a greater risk of measles because of an epidemic in Wales.

HEALTH workers and heroin users have been put on alert over the possible circulation of a deadly batch of heroin contaminated with anthrax, which has already claimed seven lives in Scotland.

THE question of whether people will be charged by GPs to administer the human swine flu vaccine has not yet been discussed, it emerged yesterday.

A SENIOR public health specialist has expressed concern that family doctors are not passing on sufficient information to the health authorities about the incidence of HIV/AIDS in Ireland.